The UNFCCC secretariat is committed to sustainable development practices such as the improved
management of operations and facilities, building on existing efforts and promoting cost
effectiveness. In approving the secretariat's Programme Budget for the Biennium
2010-2011, the Conference of the Parties encouraged the Executive Secretary to "continue
to implement initiatives to reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions of the
secretariat's operations and activities".

Against this background, and as part of the secretariat's overall sustainability efforts,
a number of actions are being undertaken to reduce the carbon footprint of the conference and
minimize wastage of all resources, including paper, related to it. For further information,
please refer to this
Information note to Parties and observer organizations (174 kB)

Tree Counter

The COP 18/CMP 8 Tree Counter shows the approximate number of trees that have been saved
through paper-reduction measures targeting official documents.

PaperSmart services

The UNFCCC secretariat, together with the Integrated Sustainable PaperSmart Services (ISPS)
secretariat, is adopting the United Nations PaperSmart services for COP 18/CMP 8. More
information may be obtained
here.